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- Subject: Re: msqlforms30... window size
- Message-ID: <1992Dec18.120747.1@cbr2>
- From: ballpe@cbr2
- Date: 18 Dec 92 12:07:47 GMT
- References: <ByyGy7.6v8@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca>
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- In article <ByyGy7.6v8@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca>, teek@flight.uwaterloo.ca (Prateek Dwivedi) writes:
-
- > In creating my first forms application, I was wondering how I could
- > force my window size to become large (ie. make the application know it
- > has a big window).
- >
- > The problem is that I have a table with a lot of fields, and I want to
- > create a multiple record block for it. But forms tells me that there is
- > not enough room. So I thought I could just open a really wide window
- > and force it to be wider.
-
-
- If I understand your problem correctly, the best thing to do is to determine
- what fields you _really_ want to display on the screen first. Arrange these
- in whatever order you wish, but pick meaningful ones to display. Then put the
- rest of the fields for the record on Page 0. This way, all the fields for the
- table are present in the block, but only the essential ones are shown and less
- essential ones are hidden from view.
-
- You also have access to the packaged procedures ANCHOR_VIEW and RESIZE_VIEW,
- but I don't think these will help your current situation as you seem to want
- to display more than can reasonably fit on the screen. They are very handy
- though.
-
-
- Peter Ball
- Information Services Section
- Dept of Health, Housing and Community Services
- Brisbane, QLD, Australia
-